21 Apr 2011
TVNZ V WEST HC AK CIV-2010-485-002007
- Citation
- openlaw-e0871f7b_5a6c_4f58_9d06_f9f48b62d0e6.pdf
- Court
- High Court
On the TVNZ/Hung appeal the Court found the BSA majority was plainly wrong to characterise the scene as gratuitous and solely titillating because the narrative context, AO–9.30pm classification, late screening time and warnings made the scene integral and foreseeable; the TVNZ appeal was allowed and the BSA decision reversed. On the TVWorks/Home and Away appeal the Court found the Authority's judgment that the raunchy scene was inappropriate in a G timeband and the s5 proportionality balancing were within the Authority's discretion and not plainly wrong; the TVWorks appeal was dismissed and t…